Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
admin The City has received a $2 million grant from the Federal Government’s Community Infrastructure Program for our Waterloo Youth Facility, located at the southern end of Waterloo Park reports Clover Moore’s eNews of 8 May 2009. Read More…
On 15 and 16 May, CarriageWorks will experience the busiest weekend it has had since it opened. Every performance space in the building has something happening in it and there are the Eveleigh and Finder’s Keepers Markets. The result will be two days of heavy foot and Vehicle traffic that may have a Read More…
Redfern Waterloo Chamber of Commerce (RWCC) is a non-profit organisation providing service to businesses in the district. The Chamber operates its own website from which you can obtain more information. This is the link to the RWCC website. http://www.rwchamber.com.au
The anniversary of Kevin Rudd’s apology to Australia’s aboriginal community has come and gone. What difference has it made? asks James Patterson in this article from openDemocracy.net Read More…
Local businesses and residents are divided over the proposal for a new supermarket on Chalmers Street in Redfern. Submissions against the development application for a SUPA IGA on the ground floor of South Sydney Leagues Club closed last month, after almost two years of opposition from some members Read More…
In 2005, the SSH reported on the Redfern Chamber of Commerce and local business owners’ proposal to maintain and preserve the shop fronts on Abercrombie Street. City of Sydney Councillor John McInerney visited the area, informing locals of future action to be taken. The $20 million Redfern upgrade Read More…
Sydney Council is determined to attract more people to cycling as a form of transport and inner city residents opposed to the campaign will have to adapt reports Pam Dagwell in the South Sydney Herald of May 2009. Read More…
On Sunday April 19, the members of the Returned & Services League in Redfern proudly marched from their club to Redfern Park for a service and wreath-laying ceremony. Led by mounted police and a Scots marching band belting out ‘Amazing Grace’ on the bagpipes, there was a definite air of pride from t Read More…
Public housing properties in Redfern and Waterloo will receive much-needed upgrades as part of the Federal Government’s stimulus package. NSW Housing Minister, David Borger, and Federal Housing Minister, Tanya Plibersek, made the announcement in Glebe last month with local member for Balmain, Verity Read More…
The Federal Government’s stimulus package has delivered much-needed funds for repairs and maintenance to public housing properties across the State – including $3.8 million for repairs to 1,404 homes in Redfern and Waterloo says the South Sydney Herald Editorial of May 2009. Read More…